President Ramaphosa concludes eSwatini working visit
4 March 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned from a working visit to the Kingdom of eSwatini where he held talks with King Mswati III on a range of bilateral issues.
In a statement, the Presid...

Trevor Noah flying SA flag high
7 March 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa received a courtesy call from renowned comedian Trevor Noah, ahead of his oral reply to questions in the National Assembly in Cape Town.
They discussed a wide range of issues, inclu...

Egyptian Coffee Morning
18 March 2019
Mrs. Dina Issa graciously hosted members of the International Diplomatic Spouses Association of South Africa (IDSA) on 14 March 2019 for their monthly coffee meeting. Mrs. Dina Issa is the spouse of Mr Sherif Issa, ...

SA seals SKA Observatory deal
12 March 2019
South Africa has signed the international treaty establishing the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) as an intergovernmental organisation tasked with building and operating the world's most powerful rad...

SA reiterates support for new Zimbabwe
12 March 2019
President Cyril Ramaphosa has reiterated South Africa’s commitment to work with Zimbabwe in addressing the socio-economic challenges experienced by the two neighbouring countries.
Photo: President ...

Women in Mining – Bloodless Diamonds Africa
2019-03-18
The appointment of Dineo Peta to the positions of Managing Director of Staten Island Trading and Legal Director of Bloodless Diamonds Africa was unopposed. Having been part of the strategic manage...

Banyana Banyana’s Smeda joins Swedish Vittsjo GIK
7 March 2019
The Swedish Embassy in South Africa hosted a reception in Cape Town on February 19 and had the pleasure to make it a send off for Bamyana Banyana's Leandra Smeda, who will start playing fo...

Royal Order of the Polar Star for Mabuza
14 March 2019
H.E. Ms. Cecilia Julin, Ambassador to Sweden in South Africa has on 28 February 2019 at her official residence, decorated H.E. Ms. Lindiwe Mabuza with the Royal Order of the Polar Star for her servi...

Why Democracy is Indivisible from African Development
Greg Mills and Olusegun Obasanjo
2019-03-15
Merely reducing the chronic poverty that African countries face today is a challenge that places high demands on government and necessitates very effectiv...

Official send-off of the Special Olympics South African team
12 March 2019
The embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Pretoria has put its full weight behind the Special Olympics South Africa team which culminated in a final send-off of team South Afric...

Re-Inventing Africa’s Development - Linking Africa to the Korean Development Model
Written by Jong Dae-Park
A book review by K Bhana
2019-03-12
Shifting paradigms is easy; it’s letting go of poor post-colonial policies, its hanging on to outdated...

The Neighbourly Connections: Sri Lanka and Maldives Promoting Economic Diplomacy
By Srimal Fernando
12 March 2019
It is true that in certain epochs of Sri Lanka and Maldives bilateral history positioned their foreign policy settings in such a way to ma...

Unity in a diversity of cultures echoed during King Silamba commemoration
By Stella Sigcau
2019-03-06
South Africa comes from a past where the racial, tribal and cultural differences were used as tools to create and maintain divisions. These led in cer...

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs visits South Africa
2019-03-05
Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, visited the Republic of South Africa from 28 February to 2 March 2019.
Minister Le Drian and South African...

Czech Shooting Day
2019-03-01
Ambassadors, Military Attachés, Department of Defence representatives, journalists, and other V.I.P. partners were invited to a shooting day by the Embassy of the Czech Reublic in South Africa at Magnum United shooting clu...

Craftwork in the Mpondo Kingdom
By Stella Sigcau
2019-03-05
Craftwork plays a very significant role in the lives of amaMpondo. The knowledge and skill required from these is passed down from generation to generation. At a young age boys would learn how...

Clothing and beadwork in the Mpondo Kingdom
By Stella Sigcau
1 March 2019
AmaMpondo historically took pride in how they looked and are creative people; hence their traditional clothes have colourful beadwork and patterns. Men and women, young and old l...